Awning.



PATBNTBD DEG. 15, 12ms.

R. MOUNT.

AWNING.

` APPLIUA'HON FILED DEO. as, 1902k N0 MODEL 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.V

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PATBNTED DEC.` 15, 1903.

R. MOUNT.

. AWNING.

APPLIGMIUN FILED DBO, 29, 1902,

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Rolla: MoU/71 No. 746,732. Patented December 15, 1903.

UNITED STATES `AParana* OFFICE.

ROLLA MOUNT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TYVO-THIRDS TO WILLIAM D. BROOKS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND ARTHUR H. GILLESPIE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

AWNING.

SPECIFCATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 746,732, dated December 15, 1903. Application filed December 29. 1902. Serial No. 136,906. (No model.) V

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern.' som or prism glass above the sash-bar. 5 is Be it known that I, ROLLA MOUNT, a citithe ceiling of the room, and 6 and 7 are rezen of the United States, residing at Kansas spectively the wooden top and the back of City, in the county of Jackson and State of the window.7 Supposiug, forexample, that 5 Missouri, have invented new and useful Imthe awning is twelve feet or less in length, it 55 provements in Awnings, of which the followwill be supported by two rods or pipes 8, ing is a specification. which are preferably passed through holes My invention relates to awnings for storebored through the sash-bar 3. For awnings fronts; and the object of my invention is to twenty-four feet in length three of the rods lo provide an awning which willdispense with or pipes 8 will be provided. Each of these 6o the usual oblique bracing-bars employed for rods 8 is supported and' guided by two pairs supporting the style of awningsin present of antifriction-rollers 9 and 10, the arrangegeneral use. ment of which is shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5, and

In carrying my invention into edect I con- 6. Each two pairs of said rollers are mount- I 5 struct the awning-frame of a plurality of rods ed in a housing 12 13', which comprises two 65 or pipes which pass into the interior of the side plates 12, connected near their ends by building through suitably-located openings. integral bridges 13. The front ends of the Said rods or pipes are supported and guided side plates 12 have lateral ears 14, which are by pairs of antifriction-rollers, whereby the secured by screws vto the' inner side of the zo rods are longitudinally slidable in and out of sash-bar 3. The rear ends of said side-plates 7o the front of the building. When the rods have lateral horizontal ears 15, which are seare in, the bulk of the awning is rolled around cured by screws to the top 6 of the window.

a roller of the usual form, which is mounted The pairs of rollers 9 and 10 are arranged onV the front of the building, and when the vertically, as shown, and between themAex- 2 5 rods are extended outwardly they carry with tends a rod 8.. The outer ends of rods 8 75 them the awning, which then lies in an apare bentupwardly, or, if tubular, elbows 8' are proximately horizontal plane,.as indicated in employed, and secured to the ends of said Figure l of the accompanying drawings. rods, respectively, are iron plates 16, to which Referring now to said drawings, Fig. l is is secured a wooden bar 17, to which the zo a lsectional side elevation of the preferred awning 18 is secured .near its outer edge. 8o form of my invention, the awning being The inner edge of the awning is attached to shown as rolled up and the extended position a roller 19, of which `2O is one of the bearingof the awning and its frame being indicated brackets, and secured on said roller is a by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is afront elevation sprocket 21, from which hangs a chain 23,

35 of the awning in closed position, the cords which is operated by any suitable or preferred 85 and Weights within the building being shown mechanism, none being shown,as my invenin dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tion does not relate to such. To the inner awning-frame and certain other parts referred end of each rod 8 is attached a cord or cable to hereinafter,the antifriction-rollers and the 24, which runs forwardly above the rod and 4o awning itself being omitted for clearness. passes up around the upper inner roller l0, 9o

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan View of in which a special groove 25 is formed to reone of the housings containing two pairs of ceive said cord. Each cord passes up to and rollers. Fig. 5 is a. further en largeddetail over a pulley 26, secured'to the ceiling, and View ofthe front end of one of said housings. supports a suitable weight, as 27. These 45 Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the weights by acting through the intermediacy 95 rear end of said housing, taken on a line corof their cords 24 exert outward pressure upon responding to line a b of Fig. 1. the awning-rods 8, and when the sprocket- Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 designates the chain is permitted to move said weights will plate-glass front of ashopwindow, 8 the sashextend the awning over the-sidewalk, as inu 5o bar at the top of said glass, and 4t the trandicated in Fig. 1. To roll up the awning, roo

the roller 19 is operated by means of the chain 23.

In the drawings the rods 8 are arranged horizontally; but if it be preferred to incline the awning downwardly toward the front the housings l2 13 may be secured at the proper angle to impart the desired slant to the awning, as will be readily understood.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of a plurality of longitudinally-slidable awning-supporting rods, said rods being supported and guided by antifriction-rollers, a bar connecting the outer ends of said rods, cords attached to the inner ends of said rods, said cords extending forwardly, around said rollers, pulleys suspended from the ceiling, weights suspended from the pulleys, substantially as described; substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. The combination with a sash-bar 3 and the top of awindow, ofa plurality of longitudinally-slidable rods, said rods passing through openings in the sash-bar, housings secured to the inner face of the sash-bar and to the top of the window, two pairs of antifrictionrollers in each housing, said rods passing between said pairs of rollers, cords attached to the inner ends of said rods, said cords extending forwardly around said rollers, pulleys suspended to the ceiling, weights and cords suspended from said pulleys, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a sash-bar 3 and the top of a display-window, of a plurality of longitudinally-slidable rods, passing through openingsin said sash-bar,a bar connecting the outer ends of said rods, an awning attached to said bar, a roller upon which the awning may be wound, said roller being held at about the same height as said bar, housings secured to the topof the display-window and to the inner face of the sash-bar, two pairs of antifriction-rollers in each housing, said rods passingV between said pairs of rollers, and two of said rods being provided with cords and weights for extending the awning; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROLLA MOUNT.

Witnesses:

M. L. LANGE, VINNIE A. THOMAS. 

